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Comment by Arlor

You may be asking yourself: "What's to stop me from capturing level 9 creatures to minimize my effort on this one?"

The answer: Nothing's stopping you. It works.

Comment by naggert

It may be worth noting it says raise, so capturing 75 lvl 10 pets will not grant you the achievement

Comment by Qoohie

The Cape of Stranglethorn is a great place to capture many level 9 pets at once. There are lots of crabs along the shore, and once you have the maximum number of crabs you can catch the various secondary pets that also appear.

EDIT: Corrected it to The Cape of Stranglethorn.

Comment by auntmousie

I started this out by just shopping in my existing library for pets around the 7-9 range that I could get to 10 quickly. I also made sure that all of my "favorites" were up to at least 10, because I'll eventually want them all to 25. That left... several pets to go.

Along the way I hit on a great way to level lowbie pets quickly. Take two solid 25s and your low-level pet and fight the critters around Half Hill. A level 25 Cat (any variety) can pretty much solo a random team in the area using Devour as a finisher/heal skill. So you let your lowbie pet open with a single strike, then swap to your killer. Your other 25 is a failsafe in case something goes wrong and your killer goes down. Lowbie pet gets 450xp or so; that's a level per fight from five to nine, two fights for ten. (At level 3 it's two levels for one fight, which is pretty sweet.)

A level one or two pet probably can't take that one hit, so if you're working from scratch - say, on a nice new Terrible Turnip - do a couple level-one roflstomps to get up to 3.

Comment by TegoZanduba

A quick way to do this if you have a couple of pets in their twenties is to fight Dragonbone Hatchlings near stable master Risera in Dragonblight so you can go from level 1 to 10 in 8 fights (or if you have level 9s already 2 fights).

If you want to get fancy too, park another toon in Stranglethorn near the level 9s. Capture 3, log out and in to the character in Dragonblight, level them to 10 using that location, release them and repeat.

Comment by ReConZ

It is worth noting that the best way to gain experience with low level pets (1-3+) is to fight level 20+ wild pets that have at least one pet you are versing that has the "stampede ability". It's the ability where the pet will attack three times in one round with a dozen little critter friends and will do this for 3 consequitive rounds. After the enemy pet uses this ability on your high level pet, you switch to your low level pet(s). Once they take damage after being swapped in, you swap in the next pet.The damage on a level 1 is roughly 20-23 damage per strike, so 60-69 damage overall. (switching your first and presumably your second low level pet in after each turn will grant your pet experience after the round is over)

Good Luck.

Comment by Melandroso

A very pro tip to upgrade lots of low-level pets is of course to do the ( ...:: Eastern Kingdoms if you are alliance) with your low-level pets. If your low-levels are at lvl 4 (very fast to get), you can bring two of them to level 10 by doing all these tamers with a lvl 25 on the team (or lower).

However, do NOT make the mistake that I did by taking the pet tamer daily first, so I can do both quests at once. No, defeat the pet tamer first (the quest gives you the fight option), and THEN pick up the specific tamer daily and then fight him again - optionally with two new low-level pets!

Five pet tamer battles and you have levelled four lvl 4's to lvl 10. Makes this achievement a nice and fast daily pastime.

Comment by evilash1

Im working on this atm and im using fluxfire feline lvl 25 and 2 low lvls. I find a critter and have 1 low lvl start the fight, then afther 1 round i switch to the other low lvl. When that round is over i switch to my lvl 25 and kill them. Usual get 1 lvl on both on every fight. Atm in doing this close to halfhill. And remember to use your safari hat. If you whant to do this fast you get loads of lvl 9 and release them when thay hit lvl 10, but if you need the archivment pro pet mob, 75 pets raised to 25 you lvl the pets you got from lvl 1 to 25, then you can use a battle stone if the pet you have is not a rare, that pet loses 2 lvls and you lvl it back to 25, so you get 1 pet to lvl 25 2 times.

Comment by Mormolyce

It's true that you can capture a lot of level 9 pets and ding them to count for this achievement, but it's not really necessary - you can fast level even a level 1 pet by pitting it against level 22-25 battle pets (you just need to either take or deal damage to "tag" the battle pet, then swap in your level 25 powerhouse pets). Level 10 will take you maybe 2-3 battles. This also means you can level all those cool unique level 1 pets you've grown so attached to over the years almost as fast as you could ding a level 9 to level 10 anyway.

Comment by ozyman

The Veiled Stair is a really great place too.

Go in having your low level pet as starter. Use one attack, swap to one of your high levels. I prefer using two beast pets or pets with extra damage against critters. This place makes sure you only have to do 2-3 pet battles to get a pet to level 10.

Comment by plathius

I have found the easiest way to get some big levels fast, such as any level 1 up to a level 10 or 11 is to fight Aki the Chosen.I use my Kun-Li Runt, followed by my Clockwork Gnome, then for my 3rd pet, any of my lvl 1 pets.Use the Kun-Li Runt to kill Chirrup, and the best way is to defeat him right after he performs his second (larger) heal which is in the fifth round, that way the double damage effect from his swarm has worn off when Stormlash comes in to fight. Once Stormlash enters, either switch out Kun-Li for Clockwork or fight with the Kun-Li until he dies (tear). Once Clockwork is fighting, use his turret first and follow that immediately with a repair. If you're in luck Stormlash will be near dead and you will be at 80% health, and possibly still on your first mechanical life. Once Stormlash is down and Whiskers is out, you will want to use turrets and knock his health down quickly. But as soon as he is below 550hp switch out to your level 1. Whiskers will use this round to put on Survival, so no attack will be performed on your lvl 1 pet. Then immediately switch back to your clockwork gnome. Finish off Whiskers in another round or two and batta-boom, you're level 1 pet levels up to 11.

Enjoy!

UPDATE: Forget the Kun-li, it's all about the Magical Crawdad! using his shell shield immediately allows you to totally block all of Chirrup's swarm attacks. Keep the shield up and use the Wish move when you need to, to keep you're health up. I tend to get almost all the way through Stormlash too before I am killed and then, knock down Whiskers, just remember to switch to your level 1 as soon as Whiskers' health drops below 550 to line up with his use of Survival.Good luck!

Comment by munkey69

Hands down the best pet to help your lowbies level with is the Emerald Proto-Whelp (found in the Sholazar Basin).

1. Use either of his Emerald Bite or Breath as his first skill.2. Use Emerald Presence as his second skill -> make sure it is always up, I prefer using it when there's one round left, that way even faster pets don't catch me offguard.3. Use Emerald Dream as his third skill. Use it when your proto-whelp gets down to about 600 health.

You'll never need more than the proto-whelp and the pet you are leveling in your group. Your proto-whelp will always be at max health entering the next pet-battle.

Comment by Nanhi

I'm in the process of leveling up all those level 1 pets I have lying around in Valley of the Four Winds. Since VotFW has lots of critters to deal with, they are ideal in that a beast will Devour its way through the enemy teams without having to heal, and non-ideal in that critters can't be stunned or sleeped. Which means they can hit and often (though not always) kill your level 1 pet.

So here are the abilities that will make your level 1 pet avoid or take 50% reduced damage on the next round (when they are swapped in).

Barriers / decoys that block attacks:Decoy is used by Darkmoon Zeppelin and Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling. Ice Barrier is used by Mr. Bigglesworth and Snowy PandaIllusionary Barrier is used by Coilfang Stalker and Spectral PorcupettePrismatic Barrier is used by Lesser VoidcallerBeaver Dam is used by Thunderfail FlapperShieldstorm is used by MurkalotThe downside: if the opponent has an ability that consists of multiple small hits such as Swarm, these barriers may be destroyed in one turn (might be destroyed before you get to swap, or your leveling pet might take 1-2 hits). On the other hand, those multi-attack abilities won't kill your pet unless it's vulnerable. Not sure how Murkalot's Shieldstorm functions in terms of multi-attacks.

Opponent blinded for 1 turn:Beaver Dam is used by Death Adder HatchlingThe downside: So far there is only one pet with this ability, also the accuracy debuff appears to only affect the first attack of multi-attacks.

Opponent's damage done reduced by 50% for 1 turn:Weakness is used by Infinite Whelpling, Mini Diablo and Viscidus GlobuleRake combined with Prowl (so you should be slower than the enemy) can be used by Black Tabby Cat, Bombay Cat, Calico Cat, Cat, Cheetah Cub, Cornish Rex Cat, Darkmoon Cub, Jade Tiger, Nightsaber Cub, Orange Tabby Cat, Panther Cub, Sand Kitten, Sapphire Cub, Siamese Cat, Silver Tabby Cat, Snow Cub, White Kitten, Wintersaber Cub and Zipao Tiger. Out of these the Snow Cub has the most health with 276 speed. The downside: Rake most likely only affects the first attack of multi-attacks (though I don't know for certain), also your Rake+Prowl cat/cub would take damage for two rounds so you would probably need to heal more often.

Damage taken reduced by 50% for 3 rounds:Celestial Blessing is used by Harmonious Porcupette and Yu'la, Broodling of Yu'lon.The downside: these pets might not be cheap/easy to obtain fast.

Damage taken reduced by up to (70-86), enemy hit chance reduced:Sandstorm is used by Anubisath Idol (74), Enchanted Broom (70), Grinder (77), Living Sandling (70 or 77), Lumpy (73), Pebble (70), Qiraji Guardling (70-86), Silithid Hatchling (70-77). The downside: Qiraji Guardling (P/P breed) that has the highest damage reduction is only tameable during summer. For example, I don't have it yet. Sandstorm is especially effective against multi-attacks, but big attacks might still kill your pet if they crit or if the enemy is e.g. lvl 25 rare.

The strategy against crittersPick a pet from the above list, use the defensive ability on the first turn, switch to level 1 pet, switch to your lvl 25 pet with Devour (and other beast abilities). Your pet will ding 5 or 6 with the Safari Hat, of course more if you have pet treats and slightly less if you don't have the hat. I've used Anubisath Idol with very good results, the enemies are mostly poor or uncommon quality, so their damage isn't high.

The strategy against non-crittersThere are of course also aquatic pets to battle, which are not immune to stuns. Hooray! Against anything else than critters, I highly recommend starting with a lvl 25 pet that has a stun (also, it's good to be faster than the enemy to prevent wasting the stun against Cocoon Strikes and such, but usually that's not an issue).

Abilities that sleep after a turn: Soothe, Food Coma. ----------I'm not too familiar with the other pet leveling zones, but I love the Valley because of my Razzashi Hatchling with Devour, and no other ability is as strong in both doing damage and keeping your pet constantly in good health. After the pet is level 5-6, it's much safer to take them to any battle to level them up faster. While most trainers do allow for lvl 1 pet carrying, experience gain isn't optimal.

Hopefully even 1 person finds this useful!

Comment by Soeroah

My achievement's progress seems to reset arbitrarily. Anyone else?

Comment by Etreum

Be aware that using Battle Training Stones to level them does not count toward the achievement.

Comment by notwithead

Ashlei in shadowmoon is great for this since one of the pets is the equilalent of the Elekk Plushie and has no abilities, eliminating the risk of accidental death for your lowbies. In the comments of her page there are several recommended pets that can solo her so you can level 2 at the same time but since it splits the exp you will need to start with higher level pets since you only get to 8 from level 1. Doing it with 1 lvl 1 does hit lvl 10 in one shot.